Wankie, Rhodesia's largest coal mine, owned by the. AngloAmerican Company of South Africa, has three operating shafts. The explosion, which occurred at No. 2 shaft, tore down walls of coal and ...
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Hwange is home to Hwange Colliery, the largest coal mine in Zimbabwe, with estimated reserves lasting over 1,000 years. Discovered in 1895, the Wankie Coal Field, located here, is one of the largest globally. The coal extracted is transported to Thomson Junction via a mining railway, contributing significantly to Zimbabwe's coal …
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Watson, R.L.A. 1958: The origin of Wankie coal Verhandelinge van die Geologiese Vereniging van Suid Afrika = Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 61: 167-181 Duguid, K.B. 1986: Wankie District coal measures Pages 2099-2104 1986
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Wankie Coal Mine Disaster. In June 1972, the deadliest mining disaster in Zimbabwean history took place when an underground explosion occurred in Wankie No.2 Colliery. Four hundred and twenty-seven miners lost their lives; three hundred and ninety-one Africans and thirty-six Europeans. Apart from the one hundred and seventy-six Zimbabweans …
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"In June, 1972, one of the greatest natural disasters to hit the country took place, when an underground explosion occurred in Wankie No.2 Colliery. Four hundred and twenty-six miners lost their lives - thirty six …
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According to the Hwange website, the Wankie coal mine disaster took place on 6 June 1972 when a series of underground explosions occurred at the Wankie No.2 colliery in Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe). ... On June, 9 1972 the then general manager of the Wankie colliery, Gordon Livingstone-Blevins, decided to leave the 424 …
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@misc{etde_6021626, title = {Wankie - the Zimbabwe coalmine} author = {Bwerinofa, O K, and Brennen, R G} abstractNote = {Wankie is the only coal mine currently operating in Zimbabwe. It is in Northern Matabeleland, in the west of Zimbabwe. It is a mixture of old and new - labour intensive underground mining contrasting with opencast strip mining by the …
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Clifford Dupont set up the Wankie Disaster Relief Fund. However, Hwange Colliery Company Limited could not explain the status of the relief fund when asked for a comment by CNRG. The widows said as a precondition to benefit from the relief fund, they were not allowed to re-marry and as a result, the majority of them remained single.
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Regarded as one of the World's worst mining disasters, the Wankie coal mine disaster happened on the 6th of June 1972 due to a series of underground explosions which took place at Wankie No.2 colliery in the then Rhodesia. With 427 lives which perished on that heartbreaking day, the accident remains the most tragic mine …
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On the extreme right is Sir Keith Acutt, Mr. Harry Oppenheimer and Mr. G.J. Livingstone-Blevins, the general manager of Wankie Colliery. Wankie disaster provoked reaction throughout the world. The Wankie disaster, in which over 400 men lost their lives as a result of an explosion in No. 2 Colliery, ranks as the worst mining disaster in Rhodesia.
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LASHERS AND LEVIATHAN: THE 1954 WANKIE COLLIERY STRIKE Ian Phimister This paper is part of a larger study which examines the history of Zimbabwe's only coal mine, Wankie Colliery, between 1894 and 1954. It takes up the story early in 1953 when ownership of the Colliery passed from Britain's Powell Duffryn to South Africa's Anglo
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With 427 fatalities, it remains the deadliest mine accident to date in the country's history. The disaster took place at the Wankie No.2 colliery in Wankie, (now …
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I worked at Wankie for a further 6 years and was senior Captain of the mine rescue teams. There were in fact 39 Europeans and 388 Africans killed. From Chris Higginson February 2004 : On the night of the …
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Journal Article: Wankie: an old mine, but still growing Wankie ... Zimbabwe has only one coal mine which is being expanded to produce 4,000,000 tons per year by surface and underground methods. The coal is partly steam coal and partly good coking coal of low ash content. The mining equipment used is described in considerable detail.
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The Wankie coal mine disaster took place on 6 June 1972 when a series of underground explosions occurred at the Wankie No.2 colliery. Historical records established that the accident was caused by an underground methane dust explosion and despite several attempts to rescue workers, the fatality of the disaster was such that the …
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The main fields, such as the active coal mine of Wankie and the coalfields Sengwa-South, Lubimbi, etc., occur in the Black Shale and Coal Member of the Lower Permian Wankie Formation (k2–3, see Table 1). Some occurrences, however, such as Marowa and Nebiri, are now known to belong to the Upper Permian Madumabisa …
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Coal mine explosion at Wankie, Rhodesia, may have economic consequences for Rhodesia since it depends largely on ability to maintain adequate reserves of foreign exch; chronic shortage of such ...
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The Wankie coal mine disaster took place on 6 June 1972 when a series of underground explosions occurred at the Wankie No.2 colliery in Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe). With 426 fatalities, it remains the deadliest mine accident to date in the country's history. The disaster took place at the Wanki
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In March 1964 the entire African labour force at Wankie Colliery, "Wangi Kolia", in Southern Rhodesia went on strike. ... a Johannesburg-based mining conglomerate anxious to safeguard coal supplies for its hugely profitable copper mines in Northern Rhodesia, colonial Zambia. By then, Wankie Colliery actually comprised three separate shafts ...
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75 A3/12/30/1, telegram, Thomson, Wankie, to Montague, Mines, Salisbury, 24 Oct. 1918. 76 76 Ibid. Acting N.C., Wankie, to Superintendent of Natives, Bulawayo, 3 Dec. 1918. 77 ... Then enter the 'name' part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
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The Wankie coal mine disaster took place on 6 June 1972 when a series of underground explosions occurred at the Wankie No.2 colliery in Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe). With 427 fatalities, it...
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The disaster remains the worst mine disaster in the country's history and every June 6, commemorations are held to honour the 427 miners who perished in 1972 at the Colliery's Kamandama Mine Disaster. According to the Hwange website, the Wankie coal mine disaster took place on 6 June 1972 when …
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On the morning of 6 June 1972, 427 coal miners perished in a suspected methane gas explosion in Hwange Colliery Kamandama Shaft. On that fateful day Miners from South …
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A cable car was hurled like a giant cannonball from the No. 2 mine shaft of the Wankie Colliery in north-western Rhodesia, burning a row of papaya trees before it came to rest …
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According to the Hwange website, the Wankie coal mine disaster took place on 6 June 1972 when a series of underground explosions occurred at the Wankie No.2 colliery in Rhodesia (now known...
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Chat with us (limited to Stanford community) Email a reference question Using SearchWorks Connection Connect to e-resources Report a ... text email RefWorks. EndNote printer. Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Wankie Colliery Disaster and General Safety in Coal-mines in Rhodesia, 1973, presented to the President on the …
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Wankie Mine Disaster 1972 - Memorial. Wankie No. 2 Colliery Explosion 06/06/1972 - Wankie No.2 Colliery - Explosion / Gas Explosion, Coal Dust Explosion At approximately 10:27 am on Monday the 6th June, 1972, a violent explosion ripped through the entire extent of the underground workings of No. 2 Colliery. Tremendous columns of smoke …
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The Kamandama accident claimed 391 men from different Southern African countries and 36 Europeans. 1. 1 from Botswana 2. 13 from Namibia 3. 30 from Tanzania 4. 37 from Malawi 5. 52 from Mozambique 6. 91 from Zambia 7. 167 from Zimbabwe.. Hwange Colliery Company Limited indicated in a statement this year's event, scheduled to be …
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